The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-03-11
The Best Method of DispOsing OF Farm
PrOduets

The Deer Creek Farmers Club met last satur.
day, at the residence of the President. Mr.. r.
John Rogers, near Fountain Green. In conse-
Quence Of the Indictment weather the attendance
was not large. For the same reason no inspec-
tion of the farm or buildings was made.
sion was, Wv hat is the Best Method Of Disposing
of Farm Products?
Mr. Rogers said there were only two ways-to
that would be a more profitable way OF disposing
of our products than selling them. Besides, we
way-a large quantity of barn-yard manure,
which would largely obviate the necessity OF
Shyng nS TN opv ey farmer s ma s 5sfe
Is TO sell it. Corn and hay are more prohtably
disposed Of IL fed to cattle.
VIM. +. Hays was of the opinion that wheat Is
the only crop farmer can afford to sell. Our
farmers make more money on cattle than the
Lancaster county pa farmers make. They pay
A. cts per Id. for cattle in the fall. feeding them
way into June, In the stable. He did not see how
Hartford farmers could do better than by feeding
hay, corn and oats to stock.
Ben. Silver, Jr, said he could make nothing feed
ing cattle at present prices and prefers to sell his
crops. Cattle will eat from u TO IL cents worth
of meal a day, and to make this pay they must
put on lbs. of flesh every day-which Is seldom
done. His plan Is to winter cattle on rough feed
and fatten them on grass the following spring.
For Gamer the best way TO realize profit is TO
sell his stock as soon as packed. lie had tried
carrying his pack several years to his loss:
The President asked Mr.. Silver IL he did not
think feeding the corn and hay on the place saw
ed the buying of so much commercial fertilizer.
MT. silver tau IL ulQ Dut tnOuRDI II n farmer
converted these crops into cash he could buy
commercial fertilizers, keep his land in as good
order and have more money left.
The general estimate of the members was that
II takes from to barrels of corn to fatten a
steer.
MIR. Hays said the manure from a grain fed
steer would cover one-third of an acre OF ground,
and that a ton of hay would feed steer 5 mon tbs
Then so cattle would consume $50 barrels OF corn.
more, or $1,000 in all. Twenty dollars a head
proht Is a fair estimate. The cattle would
thereforelbrlng $1,000 more than they cost you
would have your corn and hay sold at market
prices and have manure enough left to cover 10
acres Of ground.
Mr.. Silver doubted II cattle bought In the fall
could be made to realize so a head. Mr.. Moores
said he would not take S25 advance for his and
Mr.. Rogers said his cattle yielded him, last win
ter, $27 head more than they cost
II. Spalding said he had had no experience in
feeding cattle but his way is 10 sell his produce
as soon after harvest as possible.
John Moores said that barrels of corn and 5
bushels Of oats is proper allowance for fatten-
ing steer. a barrel of corn ground with the
cob makes 800 lbs, after the miller gets all he
wants out of II. II stabbed in December and fed
months the gain ought to be 800 lbs. per steer,
and If bought at 4 cts. per 10. and sold at cts
the calculation is simple: barrels of corn say
$40 90; hay. S9-total. $40. Suppose the cattle
weigh 500 lbs. the cost at cts. would be s32. In
crease 300 lbs; total weight when sold LOO lbs,
bringing at 5 cts. SIS. Advance S23 Thus there
would be left clear profit Of 81 per head and
the manure. One man can feed 81 cattle. go to
mill, haul out and spread all the manure and do
some other work besides.
The manure from three cattle will cover
an acre and is worth more than half ton
OF bone dust, or say IS per steer. From an acre
manfred that way you can raise ID barrels of
corn and the fodder would go great way to-
wards keeping your cattle the next year. At
this rate man would be selling his corn and
hay at good prices and getting manure to go
back on his land. More cattle can be kept in
that way than can be grazed, but he keeps some
each way.
Mr. Moores thought there is more profit in
feeding sheep than in feeding cattle but many
farmers don't like sheep. He also thought horses
more profitable than either. A colt years old
sad the STS sSoa armeP mEh
RAISE two or three colts every year. At two
years Of age they could be put to light work.
make is raising small colts. The market is In the
city, where heavy horses are wanted.
Mr.. Moores, resuming, thought the dairy bust
ing of farm products. He also spoke OF the
profits of raising tobacco and thought If more
employment to many persons.
Bennett ii. Barnes said that the wheat crop
must, OF course, be sold. and the best way gener-
ally Is to thresh 1t in the field and haul il out at
once. He thought but little corn ought to be
sold of the place. He had always made more
money stall-feeding than grazing. He had con-
cluded this winter that hay is the cheapest food
for cattle. He generally has a field, half clover
and half timothy. This hay is fed to cattle and
when the clover runs out the clear timothy hay
is sold. There is money in raising horses. He
recently lost mare 90 years old which had pro-
duced $500 worth Of colts and never lost a months
time, altogether, from work.
Thomas Lochary was of the opinion that where
man has had experience in handling stock and
wants to improve his land he will make most out
of his crops by feeding them. On small place
1t is most profitable to fatten cattle In the stable
because less ground is necessary to produce the
feed required than when they are RraZed. His
cattle are now eating from 10 to IL lbs. of meal
day. More weight can be put on well-bred steers
than on Scrubs with the same amount of feed.
The annual election OF officers then took pi ace
Mr.. VIM. +. Hays being elected President, and
Mr.. James W. Hanna, Secretary and Treasurer.